Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Facebook's Impact on Elections to be Studied Thoroughly, thanks to a number of new Research Projects!

Facebook has recently green-lit a number of research projects for studying how social media affects democracy. Over 60 academics will be given access to confidential Facebook data, which will enable them to thoroughly conduct research into various topic such as the spread of spam and fake news...

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by Ali Siddiqui via Digital Information World

Facebook is About to Become Digital Graveyard in 50 Years

Facebook has billions of users all around the world, and has established itself as one of the most prominent social media platforms out there. This has made for some intriguing statistics, and recent research has indicated that in the next 50 years one particularly intriguing statistic is going to...

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by Zia Zaidi via Digital Information World

Build a Slack App in 10 Minutes with MongoDB Stitch

Slack integrations for better collaboration

This article was originally published on MongoDB. Thank you for supporting the partners who make SitePoint possible.

Slack is not only the fastest growing startup in history, but it's also an app by the same name and one of the most popular communication tools in use today. We use it extensively at MongoDB to foster efficient communications between teams and across the company. We're not alone. It seems like every developer I encounter uses it in their company as well.

One interesting thing about Slack (and there are many) is its extensibility. There are several ways you can extend Slack. Building chatbots, applications that interface with the communication service and extending Slack through the introduction of additional commands called "slash commands" that enable Slack users to communicate with external services. In this article, we'll build a simple slash command that enables users to store and retrieve data in and from a MongoDB database. I'm always finding interesting information on the internet that I want to share with my team members so let's build an application we'll call URL Stash that will store interesting URLs for later retrieval via a Slack slash command. Now, follow along in the video below or skip over the video and read on for the details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLSvZ2WmYzc

Create a Slack App

Start by logging into your slack team, or you can create a new one for testing. Visit the Slack API Console to create a new Slack App.

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by Michael Lynn via SitePoint

Google Hasn’t Provided Android Version Statistics in 6 Months

Google provides a lot of statistics to the public, and one of the most important statistics that the search engine juggernaut provides has to do with the prevalence of the kinds of Android devices that are being used along with the versions of operating systems that these devices might be running...

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by Zia Zaidi via Digital Information World

Tips and Tweaks to Become a Netflix Power User

I was watching Big Mouth on Netflix when it suddenly occurred to me, why don’t I give the Netflix app on Windows a try? But why should I when my browser was giving me a completely satisfactory experience? But then again I wondered, they must have created the app for a reason! I already knew many...

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by Web Desk via Digital Information World

Goodbye Bing Ads, Hello Microsoft Advertising! Focus on AI and personalization leads to Major Re-branding!

Bing Ads has been rebranded to Microsoft Advertising in order to get the spotlight on personalization and AI. The Microsoft branding will surely make the move more popular and at the same time, offer services other than just searching inventory and data. This is where Microsoft Audience Network...

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by Ali Siddiqui via Digital Information World

The Top 5 One Pagers from April 2019

Here are the Top 5 Single Page websites featured on the One Page Love website in April. Hope they keep you inspired to create your own beautiful One Pagers – enjoy!



5. Subzero Ice Cream (E-commerce, Landing Page, Product)

Fun touch how the cherries top-off the ice creams as you scroll this Landing Page (built on the Shopify platform) for Subzero Ice Cream.



4. Intercom on Starting Up (Download, E-commerce, Landing Page, Startup)

Clean Landing Page by Intercom promoting their new hardcover book on startup lessons (also available free on PDF). Quite a neat touch adding the parallax effect on open book preview as you scroll.



3. Ugly Christmas Sweater Generator (App)

One Page web app allowing you to generate and customize Ugly Christmas Sweater designs. The Single Page app features a hilarious switcher changing the site to a naughty Christmas theme with a punk sound track.



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2. Graphit by LIT (Landing Page)

Comprehensive showcase of a typeface in this super long-scrolling One Pager for Graphit by LIT. Features include a color scheme switcher, type playground, reading size examples, animations and dozens of samples.



1. #40075 (Experimental, Music Related)

Spectacular One Pager for 40075 - an immersive online journey to discover musical artists from all over the world. The Single Page site features interactive content where to can find and experience new artists (with sound previews) as you go deeper in the digital jungle interface.



Hope you enjoyed these beautiful One Pagers from April! Which was your favorite?


by Rob Hope @robhope via One Page Love